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What Is Heroin? Heroin is an opioid drug derived from morphine, one of many naturally occurring opiates. Morphine is a substance found in the poppy plant. The opium poppy grows in parts of Asia and South America, which supply most of the world's heroin. Heroin can be...

Cocaine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant widely used throughout the United States. Cocaine is derived from the coca plant, indigenous to South America; it has many street names, including coke, charlie, and crack. As a Schedule II drug, it...